<p>The Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday it had developed a "safe" coronavirus vaccine following clinical trials on a group of volunteers.</p>.<p>The ministry said 18 people had participated in the research and were discharged without "serious adverse events, health complaints, complications or side effects".</p>.<p>The results of the trials "allow us to speak with confidence about the safety and good tolerability of the vaccine", it said in a statement.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-as-new-lockdown-restrictions-emerge-across-nation-indias-tally-crosses-879-lakh-860261.html"><strong>For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The defence ministry did not say whether the vaccine was, in fact, effective but a doctor working on the trials said the volunteers were now protected against the coronavirus.</p>.<p>"Their immunity is working well, antibodies are being created, they are protected against the coronavirus," researcher Svetlana Volchikhina said in a video released by the defence ministry.</p>.<p>Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during the height of the epidemic in Russia in late May that military researchers were developing a vaccine with scientists at the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow.</p>.<p>The volunteers were isolated in the Burdenko military hospital in Moscow on June 18 when the trial vaccine was administered and underwent daily check-ups.</p>.<p>The defence ministry reported that "for 28 days after vaccination, the vital signs of the volunteers remained within normal limits".</p>.<p>"We now know that we are 100 per cent protected," Yury, a member of the army who participated in the tests, said on leaving the hospital.</p>.<p>The second group of participants who were vaccinated on June 23 are currently in isolation in hospital under medical supervision.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html"><strong>Coronavirus Worldometer | 15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</strong></a></p>.<p>The defence ministry has said it expects clinical trials to be fully completed by the end of July.</p>.<p>Russia has recorded the fourth-highest number of coronavirus infections in the world with 746,369 cases and nearly 12,000 deaths, health officials said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday it had developed a "safe" coronavirus vaccine following clinical trials on a group of volunteers.</p>.<p>The ministry said 18 people had participated in the research and were discharged without "serious adverse events, health complaints, complications or side effects".</p>.<p>The results of the trials "allow us to speak with confidence about the safety and good tolerability of the vaccine", it said in a statement.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-as-new-lockdown-restrictions-emerge-across-nation-indias-tally-crosses-879-lakh-860261.html"><strong>For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>The defence ministry did not say whether the vaccine was, in fact, effective but a doctor working on the trials said the volunteers were now protected against the coronavirus.</p>.<p>"Their immunity is working well, antibodies are being created, they are protected against the coronavirus," researcher Svetlana Volchikhina said in a video released by the defence ministry.</p>.<p>Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during the height of the epidemic in Russia in late May that military researchers were developing a vaccine with scientists at the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow.</p>.<p>The volunteers were isolated in the Burdenko military hospital in Moscow on June 18 when the trial vaccine was administered and underwent daily check-ups.</p>.<p>The defence ministry reported that "for 28 days after vaccination, the vital signs of the volunteers remained within normal limits".</p>.<p>"We now know that we are 100 per cent protected," Yury, a member of the army who participated in the tests, said on leaving the hospital.</p>.<p>The second group of participants who were vaccinated on June 23 are currently in isolation in hospital under medical supervision.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/coronavirus-updates-cases-deaths-country-wise-worldometers-info-data-covid-19-834531.html"><strong>Coronavirus Worldometer | 15 countries with the highest number of cases, deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic</strong></a></p>.<p>The defence ministry has said it expects clinical trials to be fully completed by the end of July.</p>.<p>Russia has recorded the fourth-highest number of coronavirus infections in the world with 746,369 cases and nearly 12,000 deaths, health officials said on Wednesday.</p>